Week 8

Well, the streak of new winners has been broken - and that's not good for anybody not named Chris Smith.

Chris carded a 30-16 to beat Rob by a game and Kristy by two compliments of a sick 10-2 in scratchers that made me go back and make sure I got his e-mail before Saturday's games. Sadly, I did. More importantly, Chris broke his tie with Chip to move into first overall with his second consecutive weekly triumph.

Rob jumped into second after he was the only person in the pool with the cajones to take the Browns last night. Chris, Rob, I and Cullen all went 8-6 in the NFL - best in the pool - while, at the other end of the spectrum, Lonnie and Amy were 6-8. Not much of a spectrum. A crazy week in college was the difference, as outside of Chris we ranged from bad to awful.

Chip (25-21), Amy (24-22), Bob (24-22) and Lane (25-21) were so awful they got to drop the week - but we're all piling up some pretty crappy weeks. Jeez, why don't we pick some easier games?

Here are the updated standings, followed by the games. We've got two on Thursday, but nothing on Friday.

Standings
(Weekly win in bold; worst week in red)
Chris 34-8, 37-14, 35-13, 28-19, 28-19, 32-10, 30-16 (196-80, .710)
Chip 33-9, 41-10, 32-16, 28-19, 30-17, 30-12, 25-21 (194-83, .700)
Ron 33-9, 38-13, 37-11, 29-18, 27-20, 26-16, 27-19 (190-86, .688)
Kristy 30-12, 39-12, 27-21, 31-16, 28-19, 31-11, 28-18 (187-88, .680)
Rob 31-11, 37-14, 31-17, 29-18, 29-18, 30-12, 29-17 (187-89, .678)
Cullen 35-7, 38-13, 31-17, 28-19, 26-21, 25-17, 27-19 (184-92, .667)
Amy 32-10, 40-11, 29-19, 30-17, 28-19, 25-17, 24-22 (184-93, .664)
Bob 31-11, 34-17, 31-17, 34-13, 26-21. 28-14, 24-22 (184-93, .664)
Cheryl 29-13, 35-16, 33-15, 26-21, 27-20, 27-15, 27-19 (178-98, .645)
Lane 30-12, 34-17, 30-18, 28-19, 27-20, 28-14, 25-21 (177-100, .639)
Lonnie 30-12, 37-14, 28-20, 27-20, 26-21, 24-18, 28-18 (174-102, .630)
Dad 28-14, 0-51, 30-18, 25-22, 32-15, 24-18, 22-24 (161-111, .592)

Week 7
ACC
Florida State at North Carolina State (Thursday)
Wake Forest at Maryland
Georgia Tech at Clemson
North Carolina at Virginia
Miami at Duke
Virginia Tech at Boston College

SEC
Vanderbilt at Georgia
Mississippi at Alabama
Arkansas at Kentucky
Mississippi State at Tennessee
Louisiana State at South Carolina

SoCon
Western Carolina at Wofford
Citadel at Furman
Elon at Chattanooga
Appalachian State at Georgia Southern

Pac 10/Big 12 headliners
Nebraska at Iowa State
Kansas at Oklahoma
Stanford at California-Los Angeles
Kansas State at Colorado
Missouri at Texas
California at Arizona

Scratchers
Brigham Young at Texas Christian (Thursday)
Connecticut at Rutgers
Akron at Eastern Michigan
Pittsburgh at Navy
Ohio State at Michigan State
Richmond at Massachusetts
Marshall at Alabama-Birmingham
North Dakota State at Northern Iowa
Cal Poly at South Dakota State
Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky
San Jose State at New Mexico State

NFL
San Diego at Buffalo
Minnesota at Chicago
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
Tennessee at Kansas City
Dallas St. Louis
Baltimore at Miami
San Francisco at New York Giants
New Orleans at Carolina
Detroit at Houston
New York Jets at Oakland
Indianapolis at Green Bay
Cleveland at Washington
Seattle at Tampa Bay
Denver at New England (Monday)